[nysbirds-l] March 2, saw a few !

[robert adamo]

This A.M. at ~ 1030, 14 Turkey Vultures were seen near the center of the
Roanoke Ave T.V. Roosting Complex, 7 in the spruces on the north side of
the Riverhead F.D. parking lot, with the remaining 7 flying close by.

At ~ 1100, the Ross's Goose was seen at his previous location, the horse
pasture on the s/s of Middle Rd., between Northville Tpke & Ostrander Ave,
Riverhead. This afternoon at 1550, it was seen again...although it is not
known if it was there for the entire time.

Cheers,
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[nysbirds-l] March 2, saw a few !

[robert adamo]

This A.M. at ~ 1030, 14 Turkey Vultures were seen near the center of the
Roanoke Ave T.V. Roosting Complex, 7 in the spruces on the north side of
the Riverhead F.D. parking lot, with the remaining 7 flying close by.

At ~ 1100, the Ross's Goose was seen at his previous location, the horse
pasture on the s/s of Middle Rd., between Northville Tpke & Ostrander Ave,
Riverhead. This afternoon at 1550, it was seen again...although it is not
known if it was there for the entire time.

Cheers,
Bob

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[nysbirds-l] Red & White-winged Crossbills & more, plus returning species

[Joan Collins]

The unusual warm-ups in the central Adirondacks added a bit of open water in
strong current areas and waterfowl and gulls suddenly appeared (in
February!).  Red Crossbills continue to be widespread and White-winged
Crossbills were particularly active on 2/28/18.  Birding in an area along
Route 30 in Long Lake we found at least a dozen and a highlight for me was
observing aggression between two males.  One male was foraging on spruce
cones and began to look up with its bill completely open - it did this over
and over as another male flew overhead.  The flying male eventually evicted
the foraging male and took its place.  I've observed this behavior in male
Red Crossbills and it was interesting to see it in male White-winged
Crossbills also.  Here are few observations from the past week:

 

March 1, 2018 - My older son and I had appointments in the Potsdam - Canton
area, so this wasn't a birding trip, but we did feed Gray Jays in Long Lake
on our way.  We saw 4 Gray Jays (2 pairs at 2 different stops) -
White-winged Crossbills were heard along Route 30 and at Sabattis Bog - a
Ruffed Grouse flew across Sabattis Circle Road - 4 Bald Eagles were observed
on Tupper Lake - and 2 male Common Mergansers were observed on an open
channel at Tupper Lake.

 

Out birding on February 28, 2018 (beautiful, calm wind day!), we found the
following 27 species by birding in Long Lake (Hamilton Co.), Piercefield
(St. Lawrence Co.), Newcomb, Minerva, and North Hudson (Essex Co.):

 

Canada Goose - ~8 on Long Lake

Mallard - 4 on the outlet of Little Tupper Lake (also the inlet of Round
Lake)

Greater Scaup - 1 with the Mallards above

Ruffed Grouse - foraging in a deciduous tree along Tahawus Road (in Newcomb)

Bald Eagle - 2 (adult and juvenile) eating the remains of a large bird with
black wings along the Hudson River (Tahawus Road in Newcomb)

Sharp-shinned Hawk - flyover Route 28N

Downy Woodpecker

Black-backed Woodpecker - female just north of John Dillon Park along Route
30 in Long Lake

Pileated Woodpecker - several! Including 2 flyovers at the inlet area of
Little Tupper Lake

Gray Jay - 8! (2 along Rt. 30, 2 Round Lake Trailhead on Sabattis Circle
Road, 2 at Sabattis Bog, and 2 along the Blueridge Road in North Hudson near
the Sand Pond Marsh area)

Blue Jay

American Crow

Common Raven

Black-capped Chickadee

Boreal Chickadee - 9! (flocks of 4, 3, and 2 along the Blueridge Road near
the Sand Pond Marsh area) nice views!

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper - singing!

Golden-crowned Kinglet - several

American Robin

Purple Finch - many

Red Crossbill - at least 10 (6 Rt. 30 in Long Lake, 2 females by the outlet
of Little Tupper Lake, 1 at Sabattis Bog, and 1 at Sand Pond Marsh)  Nice
views!

White-winged Crossbill - at least 14 (~12 along Route 30 in Long Lake, 1
heard at Sabattis Bog, and 1 heard at Sand Pond Marsh)  Nice views!

Pine Siskin - many!

American Goldfinch

Dark-eyed Junco

Red-winged Blackbird - 1 (Newcomb)

Common Grackle - 1 (Newcomb)

 

We also observed 2 Eastern Chipmunks along Route 421!

 

Out birding on February 24, 2018 (some rain in the a.m., but not for long),
our goal was finding Boreal Chickadees and White-winged Crossbills.  We
found the following 18 species by birding in Long Lake (Hamilton Co.),
Piercefield (St. Lawrence Co.), Newcomb, Minerva, and North Hudson (Essex
Co.):

 

Ruffed Grouse

Bald Eagle - 2 (Long Lake and Newcomb)

Hairy Woodpecker

Gray Jay - 4 (pair at the Round Lake Trailhead and 2 at Sabattis Bog)

Blue Jay

American Crow

Common Raven

Black-capped Chickadee

Boreal Chickadee - 7 (flocks of 4 and 3) in the Sand Pond Marsh vicinity on
the Blueridge Road - nice view!

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Purple Finch - many

Red Crossbill - many! (Rt. 30, Sabattis Road, Rt. 421 - Horseshoe Lake Road
(feeding on Hemlock cone seeds), Rt. 28N in Long Lake, Rt. 28N in Newcomb,
Blueridge Road in Minerva and North Hudson)

White-winged Crossbill - Nice view along Route 30 in Long Lake! More heard
and flyovers near Sand Pond Marsh in North Hudson.

Pine Siskin - many

American Goldfinch

Dark-eyed Junco

 

Joan Collins

Editor, New York Birders

Long Lake, NY

(315) 244-7127 cell   

(518) 624-5528 home

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[nysbirds-l] Red & White-winged Crossbills & more, plus returning species

[Joan Collins]

The unusual warm-ups in the central Adirondacks added a bit of open water in
strong current areas and waterfowl and gulls suddenly appeared (in
February!).  Red Crossbills continue to be widespread and White-winged
Crossbills were particularly active on 2/28/18.  Birding in an area along
Route 30 in Long Lake we found at least a dozen and a highlight for me was
observing aggression between two males.  One male was foraging on spruce
cones and began to look up with its bill completely open - it did this over
and over as another male flew overhead.  The flying male eventually evicted
the foraging male and took its place.  I've observed this behavior in male
Red Crossbills and it was interesting to see it in male White-winged
Crossbills also.  Here are few observations from the past week:

 

March 1, 2018 - My older son and I had appointments in the Potsdam - Canton
area, so this wasn't a birding trip, but we did feed Gray Jays in Long Lake
on our way.  We saw 4 Gray Jays (2 pairs at 2 different stops) -
White-winged Crossbills were heard along Route 30 and at Sabattis Bog - a
Ruffed Grouse flew across Sabattis Circle Road - 4 Bald Eagles were observed
on Tupper Lake - and 2 male Common Mergansers were observed on an open
channel at Tupper Lake.

 

Out birding on February 28, 2018 (beautiful, calm wind day!), we found the
following 27 species by birding in Long Lake (Hamilton Co.), Piercefield
(St. Lawrence Co.), Newcomb, Minerva, and North Hudson (Essex Co.):

 

Canada Goose - ~8 on Long Lake

Mallard - 4 on the outlet of Little Tupper Lake (also the inlet of Round
Lake)

Greater Scaup - 1 with the Mallards above

Ruffed Grouse - foraging in a deciduous tree along Tahawus Road (in Newcomb)

Bald Eagle - 2 (adult and juvenile) eating the remains of a large bird with
black wings along the Hudson River (Tahawus Road in Newcomb)

Sharp-shinned Hawk - flyover Route 28N

Downy Woodpecker

Black-backed Woodpecker - female just north of John Dillon Park along Route
30 in Long Lake

Pileated Woodpecker - several! Including 2 flyovers at the inlet area of
Little Tupper Lake

Gray Jay - 8! (2 along Rt. 30, 2 Round Lake Trailhead on Sabattis Circle
Road, 2 at Sabattis Bog, and 2 along the Blueridge Road in North Hudson near
the Sand Pond Marsh area)

Blue Jay

American Crow

Common Raven

Black-capped Chickadee

Boreal Chickadee - 9! (flocks of 4, 3, and 2 along the Blueridge Road near
the Sand Pond Marsh area) nice views!

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper - singing!

Golden-crowned Kinglet - several

American Robin

Purple Finch - many

Red Crossbill - at least 10 (6 Rt. 30 in Long Lake, 2 females by the outlet
of Little Tupper Lake, 1 at Sabattis Bog, and 1 at Sand Pond Marsh)  Nice
views!

White-winged Crossbill - at least 14 (~12 along Route 30 in Long Lake, 1
heard at Sabattis Bog, and 1 heard at Sand Pond Marsh)  Nice views!

Pine Siskin - many!

American Goldfinch

Dark-eyed Junco

Red-winged Blackbird - 1 (Newcomb)

Common Grackle - 1 (Newcomb)

 

We also observed 2 Eastern Chipmunks along Route 421!

 

Out birding on February 24, 2018 (some rain in the a.m., but not for long),
our goal was finding Boreal Chickadees and White-winged Crossbills.  We
found the following 18 species by birding in Long Lake (Hamilton Co.),
Piercefield (St. Lawrence Co.), Newcomb, Minerva, and North Hudson (Essex
Co.):

 

Ruffed Grouse

Bald Eagle - 2 (Long Lake and Newcomb)

Hairy Woodpecker

Gray Jay - 4 (pair at the Round Lake Trailhead and 2 at Sabattis Bog)

Blue Jay

American Crow

Common Raven

Black-capped Chickadee

Boreal Chickadee - 7 (flocks of 4 and 3) in the Sand Pond Marsh vicinity on
the Blueridge Road - nice view!

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Purple Finch - many

Red Crossbill - many! (Rt. 30, Sabattis Road, Rt. 421 - Horseshoe Lake Road
(feeding on Hemlock cone seeds), Rt. 28N in Long Lake, Rt. 28N in Newcomb,
Blueridge Road in Minerva and North Hudson)

White-winged Crossbill - Nice view along Route 30 in Long Lake! More heard
and flyovers near Sand Pond Marsh in North Hudson.

Pine Siskin - many

American Goldfinch

Dark-eyed Junco

 

Joan Collins

Editor, New York Birders

Long Lake, NY

(315) 244-7127 cell   

(518) 624-5528 home

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[nysbirds-l] Bryant Park - American Woodcock

[Home]

Last year a Lincoln Sparrow overwintered and we had a major irruption of 
American Woodcocks following the snow storm of March 14th 2017 and the fellows 
kept showing up into the Christmas Bird Count.
 
Last week an errant lone cluster of daffodils bloomed by the central western 
entrance while the rest of the bulbs were just pushing inches out of the 
ground, and a small wire fence was built earlier this week to protect the first 
bloom of blue crocuses just behind the ice rink restaurant.  Still, other than 
the slight increase in European Starlings, there has not been much to report, 
typically, since the Christmas “Shoppes” of 2017 were taken down.
 
So it with pleasure (but also stormy trepidation) to report that harbinger of 
Spring, the American Woodcock, has shown up today in Bryant Park in the 
northwest corner by the dormant beehives, quite actively doing its drunken 
forward-back waddle as no one is currently skating in this messy Nor’easter.
 
Happy City Birding,
Alan Drogin

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[nysbirds-l] Bryant Park - American Woodcock

[Home]

Last year a Lincoln Sparrow overwintered and we had a major irruption of 
American Woodcocks following the snow storm of March 14th 2017 and the fellows 
kept showing up into the Christmas Bird Count.
 
Last week an errant lone cluster of daffodils bloomed by the central western 
entrance while the rest of the bulbs were just pushing inches out of the 
ground, and a small wire fence was built earlier this week to protect the first 
bloom of blue crocuses just behind the ice rink restaurant.  Still, other than 
the slight increase in European Starlings, there has not been much to report, 
typically, since the Christmas “Shoppes” of 2017 were taken down.
 
So it with pleasure (but also stormy trepidation) to report that harbinger of 
Spring, the American Woodcock, has shown up today in Bryant Park in the 
northwest corner by the dormant beehives, quite actively doing its drunken 
forward-back waddle as no one is currently skating in this messy Nor’easter.
 
Happy City Birding,
Alan Drogin

Sent from my iPhone

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[nysbirds-l] eBird.org: Recent Additions to County Checklists

[Ben Cacace]

When working on the NYS eBird Hotspots wiki I'll compare the previous bar
chart list of species with the current one picking up any additions or
deletions. By going to each county's 'Overview' page you can determine the
date the species was added by county. Some are from newly submitted
checklists from many months / years ago.

It isn't possible to spot these additions from old checklists. On the
'Overview' page you can sort on 'First Seen' but if the species wasn't
added recently it won't appear at the top of the list.

For each county on the NYS eBird Hotspots site click the 'Overview' link on
the 'Explore a Location' line:
• http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York

Since last update: 7 days

Yellow highlights a species added for the first time over the past few
weeks.

*Wyoming County: *
Greater White-fronted Goose (28-Feb-2018)
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Manhattan, NYC
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[nysbirds-l] eBird.org: Recent Additions to County Checklists

[Ben Cacace]

When working on the NYS eBird Hotspots wiki I'll compare the previous bar
chart list of species with the current one picking up any additions or
deletions. By going to each county's 'Overview' page you can determine the
date the species was added by county. Some are from newly submitted
checklists from many months / years ago.

It isn't possible to spot these additions from old checklists. On the
'Overview' page you can sort on 'First Seen' but if the species wasn't
added recently it won't appear at the top of the list.

For each county on the NYS eBird Hotspots site click the 'Overview' link on
the 'Explore a Location' line:
• http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York

Since last update: 7 days

Yellow highlights a species added for the first time over the past few
weeks.

*Wyoming County: *
Greater White-fronted Goose (28-Feb-2018)
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Manhattan, NYC
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[nysbirds-l] Kings County Mew Gull now

[Sean Sime]

Shane Blodgett is currently viewing (9:40am) an adult Mew Gull at the
middle parking lot off the Belt Parkway at Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn.

Good Birding!

Sean Sime
Brooklyn, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Kings County Mew Gull now

[Sean Sime]

Shane Blodgett is currently viewing (9:40am) an adult Mew Gull at the
middle parking lot off the Belt Parkway at Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn.

Good Birding!

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Brooklyn, NY

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